The second important message from this article is that there is such a thing as Sunshine Week to underscore the importance of a citizen's right to know. According to the Nashua Telegraph, "Newspapers are watchdogs of government because of laws protecting the public’s freedom of information. Sunshine Week is an annual examination of government’s responsiveness to citizens. The Telegraph participates with newspapers from around the country." A link to Sunshine Week-related stories brings up some interesting titles, including C-SPAN's archives brings history to life, Open Government for more than just a week, and Unlocking data in Washington.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Sunshine week: Nashua reviews public record keeping -- Practical reasons for records retention schedules
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In this digital world with our seemingly unlimited capacity to store information, some think we should just "keep it all." Archivists may prefer this because, as one colleague likes to remind me, "you never know what will be of value to future researchers." But the article on the challenges of public record keeping brought to the attention of municipal employees in Nashua, NH, this week (Sunshine Week), provides rationale for using a records retention schedule for two purposes: 1) ensure public records will be retained as required by law, and 2) outdated or unnecessary records are destroyed in a systematic, thoughtful way.
The second important message from this article is that there is such a thing as Sunshine Week to underscore the importance of a citizen's right to know. According to the Nashua Telegraph, "Newspapers are watchdogs of government because of laws protecting the public’s freedom of information. Sunshine Week is an annual examination of government’s responsiveness to citizens. The Telegraph participates with newspapers from around the country." A link to Sunshine Week-related stories brings up some interesting titles, including C-SPAN's archives brings history to life, Open Government for more than just a week, and Unlocking data in Washington.
The second important message from this article is that there is such a thing as Sunshine Week to underscore the importance of a citizen's right to know. According to the Nashua Telegraph, "Newspapers are watchdogs of government because of laws protecting the public’s freedom of information. Sunshine Week is an annual examination of government’s responsiveness to citizens. The Telegraph participates with newspapers from around the country." A link to Sunshine Week-related stories brings up some interesting titles, including C-SPAN's archives brings history to life, Open Government for more than just a week, and Unlocking data in Washington.
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